Area: 2345.5 Hectares (5.796 acres)
Araluen 813 hectares (2,009 acres)
Finschaffen 813.8 hectares (2,011 acres)
Kiaora East 718.7 hectares (1,776 acres)
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Total : 2345.5 hectares (5,796 acres)
Location: 25kms west of Bingara via Narrabri Road
Rainfall: 700mm (28 inches)
Country: The property has the Pallel Creek running through it, adjoining good alluvial creek flats. Predominately gently sloping to undulating with 2 sleeper grazing hills. Soils range from black and chocolate basalt along the creek flats running up to some trap on the hills.
Cropping: Approximately 896 hectares (2212 acres) can be cultivated. At present:
- Araluen:
Oats – 380 acres
Lucerne – 65 acres
Tropical Pastures – 20 acres
Cultivation returned to native grass – 830 acres
- Finchaffen:
Oats – 200 acres
Lucerne – 35 acres
Tropical Pastures – 47 acres
Cultivation returned to native grass – 300 acres
Fallow – 145 acres
- Kiora East
Tropical Pastures – 165 acres
Cultivation returned to native grass – 30 acres
Fencing: The fencing varies from netting and hingejoint to plain wire and barb – mostly in good to stock – proof condition.
Water:
Pallal Creek runs through the property
23 dams with good holes of water
1 Bore with an electric pump which pump to a 108,000 litre tank
2 Solar systems pump to tanks
3 Phase pump on a well pumping to a tank
All the above tanks reticulate to troughs throughout the property.
Improvements:
Araluen
5 Bedroom Weatherboard home
100` x 60` x 16` machinery shed
2 x Grains shed – 550T and 500T
60` x 25` Skillion
2 stand wool shed with sheep yards
Steel cattle yards with crush and scales
Finchaffen
5 Bedroom weatherboard home with swimming pool
60` x 30` Grain Shed (500T)
2 stand wool shed
60` x 45` machinery shed
Kiaora East
50` x 25` Hay shed
M&M steel cattle yard set with race, crush and loading ramp
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